Valid Names Results

Icerya corticalis Vayssière, 1926 (Monophlebidae: Icerya)

Nomenclatural History

Icerya corticalis Vayssière 1926: 321. Type data: ZAIRE [=CONGO BELGE]: Makaiantete, on bark of undetermined tree in forest; collected November 1915 by R. Mayne.. Syntypes, female, male, and first instar, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; Tervuren: Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Section d'Entomologie, Belgium; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Democratic Republic of the Congo (=Zaire) | Vayssi1926 Watson2022

Keys

Remarks

Systematics: Icerya corticalis Vayssiere, 1926: 321, was synonymized with Gigantococcus maximus (Newstead, 1914) by Pesson & Bielenin (1966: 248); synonymy not recognized in Foldi (2001) or Ben-Dov (2005, 2006)]. Unruh & Gullan (2008: 37) accepted the synonymy.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult male and third instar nymph by Vayssière (1926).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 194=195
MayneGh1934: distribution, host, 3-38
UnruhGu2008: phylogeny, taxonomy, 8-50
Vayssi1926: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 208,223,319-323
Watson2022: distribution, 319